countryside

countryside

noun

Definition of COUNTRYSIDE

the open rural area outside of big towns and cities <everyone hates to see the countryside ruined by new developments>

Synonyms boondocks, boonies [slang], countryside, nowhere, sticks

Related Words exurbia; backcountry, backwater, backwoods, bush, frontier, hinterland, outback, up-country; wild, wilderness

Near Antonyms conurbation, megalopolis, urban sprawl